October 11, 2007 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

Obituaries

Mary Dyer Baizley

Mary “Mike” Dyer Baizley, 90, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a resident of Cathedral Village and a WWII Veteran, died on Oct. 5 at Roxborough Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Baizley joined the first class of WAVES (Women Auxiliary Volunteers) to be trained for active duty in the Navy in 1942. She was commissioned as an ensign in communications, stationed in Cape May, N.J. where she met her husband Rudolph Baizley, then a lieutenant in the Navy. For years she was known as “Mike” from her coded initials, Mike Dog.

Mrs. Baizley was born in Hoopeston, Ill. She was a direct descendant of Mary Dyer, the Quaker martyr hanged in Boston in 1660 for practicing her religious beliefs. She was a graduate of Depauw University where she belonged to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. She was a longtime member of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile and the Gray Ladies and played on the golf and squash teams at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and Sunnybrook Golf Club.

She is survived by a son Jack; a daughter Doris; three grandchildren and one great grandson. Her husband predeceased her in 2003.

A memorial celebration will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at Cathedral Village, 600 E. Cathedral Rd., Roxborough.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, 2300 Chestnut St., Phila., PA 19103 or to Roxborough Memorial Hospital, 5800 Ridge Ave., Phila., PA 19128.

Camille Woods Logue

Camille Woods Logue, 85, formerly of Wyndmoor, died Sept. 27 at Cathedral Village in Roxborough.

Mrs. Logue was born in Greenwood, S.C. to Maude Jennings Woods and Samuel Alexander Woods, a colonel in the Marine Corps. As part of a Marine Corps family she grew up in North Carolina, Virginia, California, Rhode Island, Maine, China and Haiti.

In 1942 she married Dr. James Gibson Logue Jr. The couple lived for 40 years in Wyndmoor.

Mrs. Logue attended Hood College and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

She had an avid interest in the Navajo and Hopi peoples and traveled extensively in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica with her husband.

Mrs. Logue is survived by a son, James Gibson Logue III of Reading; two daughters, Alexandra Woods Logue Shrank and Camille Logue Orman, both of Philadelphia; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at Cathedral Village and interment was private.

Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Cecelia C. Powell

Cecelia C. Powell, 32, of Wyncote, formerly of Chestnut Hill, died Sept. 30.

Ms. Powell is survived by her father, James R. Powell and her mother, Pauline C. McAndrew, two aunts, an uncle and several cousins.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 6 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave.

Interment was private.

Frank J. McGinnis

Frank J. McGinnis, 78, of Erdenheim, died Oct. 3 at the Artman Home in Ambler.

Mr. McGinnis is survived by nieces and nephews.

A memorial funeral liturgy was held at the Jacob F. Ruth funeral home in Chestnut Hill. Interment was private.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Genevieve Church, 1225 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA 19031.